And that sort of sums it up. All the fuss over this newest rule is simply a heightened fuss over something trivial. It is a PR stunt by the SEC meant to quiet the media and show that now the SEC "cares" about over signing. And it really doesn't take full effect until 2012.

You see, Slive and the SEC has come under pressure because of two totally irrelevant things. One that the Wall Street Journal wants to seem more of a "mainstream" newspaper, and that means including sports. Nothing sells papers like controversy, and they are creating one with this issue. They have made Nick Saban the poster boy of over signing.

Never mind that Auburn actually has signed more than than Alabama over the last 10 years, as have many schools. In fact here is Alabama's rating and those above it.

Obviously, having a team like Alabama, who has a 10-year average of signing 26.10 players a year is not going to be impacted by cutting that number to 25. Alabama did have a spurt when they signed more than 25 because they were making up for the years they didn't sign that many because of NCAA restrictions and other factors.

The other thing to keep in mind is a lot of those signed kids never make it to campus to play one down because they don't meet scholastic requirements or other things. That has happened to Alabama and many other schools.

So they sign 28, but only 25 of those qualify and actually come to campus, but all you ever hear is the number 28.